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Another Saturday Night
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Wikipedia article
"'Another Saturday Night'" is a 1963 hit single by Sam Cooke from the album 'Ain't That Good News'. The song was written by Cooke while touring in England when staying in a hotel where no female guests were allowed.'Ain't That Good News' reissue liner notes by Hugo & Luigi, Lenne Allik. ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. 2003. It reached No. 10 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and was No. 1 on the R&B chart for a single week. In the UK, the song peaked at No. 23 on the UK Singles Chart.
Cooke's version featured his spoken recitation, which is done during the instrumental break.
Session drummer Hal Blaine played on Cooke's version of the song.Blaine, Hal and David Goggin, 'Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew: The Story of the Worlds Most Recorded Musician', MixBooks, Emeryville, CA 1990 Other musicians on the record included John Anderson on trumpet, John Ewing on trombone, Jewell Grant on sax, Ray Johnson on piano, and Clifton White and Rene Hall on guitar, and Clifford Hills on bass.
'Cash Box' described it as "a tale of a guy whos got the money, but not the gal to spend it on," stating that "the teen set wont take the deck seriously, but will find it a highly pleasurable listening/dance floor treat."
Cat Stevens version
In 1974, Cat Stevens recorded a version of the song that peaked at No. 6 on the U.S. Hot 100, No. 13 Easy Listening, No. 1 in Canada twice, on September 28 and October 19, separated by two other No. 1s, and No. 19 in Stevens' UK homeland.
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Other covers, remixes and samples
*Claude Franois recorded the song in French as "La vie d'un homme" (lit. "A man's life").
*Australian James Blundell covered the song on his 1989 self titled album.
*In 1993, Jimmy Buffett recorded the song. His version peaked at No. 74 on the 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
*Sam & Dave recorded at least one version that appears on albums released after their formative years such as the 'I Thank You' compilation released in 2002 by the Brentwood Records label.[https://archive.today/20120525165716/http://new.music.yahoo.com/sam-dave/albums/i-thank-you-brentwood--186433974 I Thank You [Brentwood] Sam & Dave Album, Yahoo! Music, 2009]
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Category:1963 songs
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Category:Sam Cooke songs
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Category:RCA Victor singles
Category:1974 singles
Category:Song recordings produced by Paul Samwell-Smith
Category:Island Records singles
Category:A&M Records singles
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